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Doosatio Downs.--ENGLAND. All forkshiremen are born sports men. There has boon racing on Don caster Town Moor for certainly over two centuries. It was a great spot in olden times for badger-baiting, cook fighting, wrestling, oudgel playing and other old English gamee. Thero are more acres of land in this country than there are letters in the entire Bible, The people are clannish and speak with a twang which requires an education to understand of-iand, but, once under stood, grows musical to the oar in exact proportion as the people wax brawny and their ways grow stedy. More than in any other portionof E ngland they suggest the Siotch to the stranger. Foreiguors hoar much of the old Roman glories of Chester, the historio town within an hour of Liverpool. But, although but little is talked of it, the town of Donoaster is rich in historic lore. Twelve miles away is Sheflield, which is, as everyone knows, tie seat of cutlery manufacoure la Euglaud.. Near by is Uothersham and other large towns, from all of which thousands of pedestrianu journey by road on foot to the races on the Doncaster Mlour. Thous ands also journey by drivers and sun dry conveyancei, from donkey carts up to swell carriages, as tie social class varies in grade, while from L:ndon flook thousands more by rail, Nothing could have been moro por feet than the day of the great 81. Leger race this year. By reason of the great distance from London it is never as popular a race with the lad.os as Ascot and the Derby. To the latter raco ilock an exeeoungly mixed crowd, every poor little cos termonger finding enotiuat imoney to be on hand on Derby dtay, while to Ascot como the dames of high degree in superb tOilos and gay OIval cades. St. Leger holds her own, how ever, among rich lords and lanied gent ry, iut in a baitini ts point of 6iow is doubtless the moitt iuportant rao o the season. There was nut, however, as much enthuiasm as usual this year, in spite of the baulmy Iunibio, winioh loimned an ideal September day, For the race oi the day tuero were only nine starters, Lt rd Fahluouth absented him sell and loanctt out his jockoy, Fr d Archer, the pet of all races, who rodo a horse, R yal Angus, on whom there was but hbile faith pinned. He was a (lean, lithe animal, but had a "trik iof gomig dead mine all 01 a sadden," said tio b3atanders. Archer, with his wiry tigure ind face whose 1lainuess is its beiauty-it is such a brown berry, do. boniano suit of a flace-looked in trt. menidous eritest iand a trillo ixious as he shot into the enclObure en ruto to the track, which is a good Wile atl three quartieis stretch from t.tait'ing point to wuning post. At a quartor-past three, tho hour fixed ivr the big race, it, wai evident. that the atteudipance oi the Moor would be c1te of the ltrgest on record, although the horses were interior to the usu.l cnIdidates on lormer St. Leger ocau ions. It is estumatted that th6e Vier I ully a milhio.i kpOet.atoi m. In tho graini stand weiu seen some o the best-huown lords and ladiies of FEngland. Iia the press stand, where, .1 tin nahamedtic to say, witti the usual couaervauivo Mj.rit here, lauita of the press were exclui.ed, only because it was ani innovati 'n " never had been donte, you know " wecie representatives of ali the Lonidoni sporting journai&5, as5 atlso numi~bersi o pkoviJ~~inn iiisortera of all pia iiniig to "hiorsey n a LtS ." Anti ini thle nnuntt on clostre.. to whI chi . was iahuat It threughi the cuiutany of .a wveil-known joaunannt. te, I saw moroe than one moederin Sir iatrcourt Cout i' tataItLady GJay spiikor, together w ithl setibblern gailoo, i. don't,1. believe' there is a woman hv~es ui ho cian stand with her t ace press d to the haiin of thi dividing line ott a race track ati not leol her heai t bounid gay ly as Ltte her.-os dart, by rideni ny tite Untw*n jachte ted jc. Cieyit. Andi thu hot sea theinueais luc1k so proudly colrisi.i indeed, they are cyerer ihiatn vaat nuinhtrs of meni and women we dali3 meet tand smirk atid boiw aiid flatter be loio, Sunco Pe ttarchi d. icareed eight epfponltius, in 1876, there hats ntot beeni su atnpall a ticid. TIheto w as (.eczl Gray ini, on wahom waas heavy betungt; Chtseif hurbi, the Northi cantdittt; lioytl Anigui, Lhtghbhud Chief, Ltiitis, Ez~e vir, Pit nce, who looked Iromn thle start nl.0zst hikety to wmn the day; O-sian andi Cornhcid, who made the tirst ap pearance cn this occasiton anid was5 hut iromi start to finish, save for a few meagre yards. Fruit Weibt> rodo Hiight hand Chief and felt biko wvinitng con him, but, the colt suddenly gave way. Tihere' wits bienthiess inaterest, until the win ning point, was gained. 'Iho 1)ake of Llan~ilton, who( retuned( Item Badeni Badeni two day)s belore t ho rae, had waigered heavily oiOsnian. lie watched the race with iiatensoi though suplressedl elcatenit. At last the bedl is lung, there ensues a utntsmint ot abi'i.l qiitt atnd satdently thle Diuke's moa I bi eaka mito a hot hlt andI up got's a ioar oh applaiuse 10or Ossian, the witnner of thei great, St. L. g. r' lace for l183. 'VTe Duhe won #100,00) on Ossia, tid hie was wilotly congrtintedi. Durintg the.. day lie had piotnlly accepted 2,tU(O to 2 t0 on Ussian., Wiatit rocio the womn er and takes Donoastor hotnors for thme first time, it wvilh be ri called that Wattai todo Foxhall, J. W. Ixeene's (the Ken tuithy mnuiiaiire) horse. Tu'lo best runnters this year broke down durintg tr aiimng. Ohtselhiurst had beent the best North Country caudiniate; Ossiani wvas a South Couittry htorse, blit ithe true Yorkshireinoii is ntont the les generouis ini hit i- raliio to tae winnter, and even those who had lost miost htenyi ly were most enithusiastic ini giving tall duo pratise and ciboor. Th'e Prince oi Wales, being away m onm England, wIas not at thei St, Leger this year, wvhiceh is unusual her hin, but thiere were pi esent niany wedci-kn iowna pbrsonatgest, to Cii nmerate onie-qutort of w hono would be (lire folly to at tempt. But therie were conspicuously observed amoing the spectators Lord and Lady Someraet, Sir Tfatton and Lady Sykes, the Duke of Bi auifort, 'raneo boltykotl, the D~uke of Portlaandt, the C5ounatess of F"oyerdhamu, Viscount and Viscounitesa Newpert, Bairon F. do Rothscinhi, Captain blinguby, Mr. Roa beni SI.55(On, the p)oplari Capftaini lish er, of the T1enthi liaisrs; Caiptain Fort esicure', Mr. lierbert, Vaniol 'Temupest iand scoies ci othera equally well-knowan in I.oiidoni aciety. Thei Duke of IHutmil.. toto wh omt St. Leger has proven a "mnaiscot'' this year-, had his house in Bentinck street gaily decorated at, the close cf the day witti his colors, And b Dake of Hlamil ton who is regarded cy masny as a sort of modern Jack St. Lager, reavlized inihimnelif, wvith no dis sentmng voice, the motto of the St. Leger crowd, which is now, as alaysv, "honor to the v.ctor, no matter whence The Earth Where We Dwell. The wlole eolitioions or nature are disposed into circles. Heavenly bodies revolve around each other, or on their own axes. Tho animal inspires oxygen and nitrogen and expires carbonic acid gas and nitrogen, while the vegetable Inspires carboilc acid gas and expires oxygen; which in its turn unites again with the free nitrogeua antid Is again prepared for animal use. And the vegetable, which retained the carbon, is eaten by the animal, aid is ready to be transformed for the benelit of the vegetable again. In the action of the waters of the earth and the atmosphere the sane law prevails; they constantly revolve in their sphere. The winds are caused by the rays of the stn heat Ing the atmosphere at the equator and causing it to ascend, thereby creating a vacuum, and the cold air from the poles entangles its way along the sur face of the earth disturbed by numer os obstacles calculated to change its course, until it rushes into the vacuumn caused by the absence of the heated air, ani heate(i air pases over, and as it chills falls at the poles into the vacuum created by the absence of the cold air. Tho waters of the earth are exercised by the same causes. Th111e heat at the equator causes the water to volatilize anud ascend into clouds, causing a vacliiu in the waters; these are borne oil by the winids until they Collio to the earth at' the poles, atnd hero they fall and ire precipitated into th sea, forIll ing the great oceanic uirrent, which bears then) bacl again to til vacuum created by their absence at, the equattor. The disposition of the upper currents of air, so far as can 1) deterinined by uscent, north of the equator, is from the southeast to the nort heast, an11d souith of the eltator from tho nortlh. west, to the sotithwest; but, above this point it is lnot, tllreasolable to think that their (ispositlon is with but1, little varianice frot eqilaUtor to pole on a straight line. 'As these waters are the fruitful cause of most of tihe conditions we have mentionel, it is to this source that we inust, look for fuitIre coivulsiois and pt1urnings. An (larkiess was 1111on the face of the deep,"' aid the spirit of God moved upon the face of tle waters, aind God said: "L et, the waters umder tho heaven be gathered togetherd uMIto one place, and let the iry lanId appear," We 41l0te (Genaesms ias ai evidence according to the Bible that, the watera were adequate to cover the entiro earth, which is the only documenitary ovi dence wo hav'e and which we believe to bo trute. III tho absence of light and solar heat at thiis epoCh we do not suppoo that the earth boot living ob jvects. If this be trile the mluarile ob jects onceu possessed of life fouiti ill the interior of continents and oin the high illoiuitaiis could nlot have been do posit ed at tht timlo, conseqIlloitly they must have beon convey ed thero at some sibsettient inergaig, aMid how could this have beena donie but by soIme dis tIrbanicel wicha cause1a4d the COtn to break its boutularies? We know that by revolviig a bsill like receptacle containiing waiter, the water is not) spilled, and1( we tuulteistantd thie waters ot the ocean are r'etaiineda ini cheir plaice oni theit sameii pr1incipi, and1( mi order [01 theni to eseape and sub uliergo thle land time' revol utions niuust stop. lias this ever takeni place? To akccuntmi for time presonce of niumerous fossils of liarilo lif po n 101oulr 11n0un tain ms, then lurro win g of the roecks ini the ii ft apohi; the wamndern g rockcs rest ing ona the v erge of. Inl~utain ledices, thei swieep'ing away of tilt great, hvling terresttial objects at one stroke, and [lhe reversing of cliinauto frolin ex tremno torridl to frigad, we say to anaswer yes is the 1nort, reasoniable way to ate counlt for it. Amid hiow was this aic cohmplishied? Siliply by the ocean bearing thie sid InIuateiauls 110111 the poles to thea eiquaitor and deplositin~g thieni there, thlereby breakinag the bat anueo, and caulsinmg the earthu to seek nuew cent res. It11inust bei plaini to every observer that the~ waiters v'Jlatiilze at tiht tiuator take up with theiii 11o solid matter, but, on their deposit and transit, to I lie oceanl they con1vey vast quantities, and tilt great o'ceanu currents sweeping dowai froin thie poles to the etquaitor are constantly conveyinig on andl dropping untold quanatit ies which netver return. We hlave only to look a~t our coast lines~ to see that allh tihe solid miaterials of our earth are being coniveyed to tile torrid zone, All our shores with a N orthmermi aspect, ihave abrupt banks anld eitfs, whlich are conistantfly crumb iang into the sea, aind all those wvith a Southern aspect aire flat, and are travel lng etluator'wardl. T1hte samie is true from the South Pole, and w~hiat must mlevita~bly be [lie result? Simuply that the po14 le mst go a'n flattoltung anid [lie equait exan ding until the pies enit axis is broken, wvhen thle revolu - tions wvill cease anti the sea breatk its boun1 mhdraes and [lie great icy harriers of the lest! will be brokeii uip andt they wiall be swept, aicross thue oscillatinig ciarthl, whlich is nowl~ seeking now coni t's, rasping and f'urrowin~g its solid surnfauce, dlroppling uponl tihe hill-tops thir1 t eet h-lke btouiIlers; thle unchlainied sea, bearing its livinlg freight, wall sweep~ toverl tilt tarthi, burini g ini tile mnounta in tops the~ reinaiins of its occu pants; antd the dwellers ont thet tlnd only1) kniowni t an muqtuatoriial ciiatt wvill be entoinbed wvhere I hey worerer aittd, but nonl~ resting ini a frigid zone, andia the fossilated rematins of the new~ equal or will he t he lit tile shiarp-tot lhed earn'iifors of our now fnigid zone. riaunuy luniunarbt. A writer says: As I was passlng througih F~ourth avenulO the other day I saw a lady, rmchiy attired, commig towmard ine whose face was8 faumiar, hut whose horum I did not1 recogmlze. As she camie closer she nodded and, tuirming to me wilth a bright smnile', said iierrily: "Ahml see you do not remelmber ime. Lsook agin." I hookett, anti saw that it was lFanny Davenport. Buti how chaniged! She had1( fallen awaya m tlesh almost to thuinniess, aind Icoulid hiaridly b~ehive that tinB wias the buxom F~anny of' only a few yesirs ago. "All diet,my dlear Mlan A bout'lTown,''she said archily, noticing amy surprIse. "Yo'u see I am to play lFedorau on Mondlay mught, and' it would never doe to present a at Ice adora. I took to dieting. You se what it hats tdone for mfe. Don't you calil[liat devotion to art?' So whenS you go to see '"Fedora," doni't be sutrp~rised at time change you will find m the fair lFanny. Bhe is no longer fanr and fat, but fair anti hairy like. If [lie wages of sini is daathi, some) old simniers noe kmnow of are a long time drawinig [their salary. We somethnes mecet an ormgimnal gen teeman, who if mannmers had not ex.. isteti, wonit have ininete thnm The Newhaven ishwiAves. Mlost picturesque of all the figures to be seen in Edinburgh are the Newhaven fishwives. With short, full, blue cloth petticoats, reaching barely to their ankles; white blouses and gay ker chiefs; big, long-sleoved cloaks of the same blue cloth, fastened at the throats but flying loose, sleeves and all, as R thrown oi in haste; the girls barehead ed, the married women with white caps standing up stiff and straight In a point on the top of the head; two big wicker work creels, one above the other, full of fish, packed securely, on their broad shoulders, and held in place by a stout leather strap passing around their fore heads, they pull along at a steady strid ing gate, up hill and down, carrying weights that it taxes a man's strength merely to lift. In fact, it is a fishwife's boast that she will run with a weight which it takes two men to put on her back. By reason of this great strength on the part of the women, and their immemorial habit of exercising it; per haps also from other causes far back in the early days of Jutlana, where these curious Newhaven fishing folk are said to have originated, it has come about that the Newhaven men are a singular. ly docile and submissive race. The wives keep all the money which they receive for the ish, and the husbands take what .is given them,- -a singular reversion of the situation in most com mitunities. I did not believe this wheni it was told me, so I stopped three fish wives ono day, and, without mincing latterspit the question direct to them. Two of then were young, one old The young women laughed saucily and the old woman smiled, but they aill re plied unhesitatingly, that they had the spending of all the money. "It's a' spent I' the boes," said oi.e, anxious not to be thought too selfish, "it's a' spent i' the hos, The mefi, they cami home an' tak their sleep, an then they'll be aff agen.'' "It 'ul never do for the husbands to stool) im the city, an' be spendin' a' the money," added the old wonan, with se vere emphasis. Whoever would see the Newhaven fish wives at their best must be on the Newhaven wharf by seven o'clock in the morning, oi a day whon the traw lors come in and the fish is sold. The scene is a study for a painter. The h1 are in long, narrow boxes, on the wharf, ranged at the base of the :ea wall; some sorted out, nm piles, each 'iind by itself; skates with their long tails, which look Vicious, as if they could kick; hake, witches. brill, sole, flounders, hiuge catfish, crayfish, and herrings by the ton. The wall is crowd ed with men. Edinburgh fishmongers, come to buy cheap oun the spot. The wall is not over two feet wide, and here they stand, loan over, jostle, slip by to light and leflt of each other, and run tip and down in their eager haste to catch the eye of one auctioneer, or to get first speech with another. 'ehe wharf is crowded with women-an army in blue, two hundred, three hui dred, at a time; white caps bobbing, el hows thrusting, shrill voices cryimg, fiery blue eyes shining, it is a sight worth going to Scotland for. Theii ihame Witch. TIhoe New Zealander was leaning oni his war club with the air of a manm tiredi of civilization anid the refinements of a public mnuseumn. The Zulu priue, nine years old, w~as driving the leopard boy across the room as a piebald horse. Th'le tat girl was casting sheep,'s eyes at the skleltoni, whos~e shiadtowy aiffectionis seemiedi to beo fixed uponi the Circassiani beauty, who sat combing her hair in dreamy recolhlectioii of the citroni or elhards anid (oriental gardeus of the East Side. The ia without anmy arms was actinug aIs private secretary tQ the Zulu Queeni, and1( was bumsy writing with his toes at huer dlictationm a letter to her lov er ini Tfhompsonm street. A number of v'isitors were gathered in an initerested group ini one endu of the room, where a number of p~eoplhe fromi the East Side were .havin g thicir inuds read by Mrs, Grace CJourtland, the "'Witch of Wall Street.'" Sihe is a ladhy with the silvery hair of lifty years and the pink cheeks and biight eyes of a girl of eighteen. 11er umnner is vivacious, anad shed is a raid and brilliant conversationmalist. "'Oh, you are a reporter,'' she said. "I suippose~ the papersC1 and the p)ublic are wondterinig why I came hiere. Well, it is because I get $500 a week, and if the people don't like it all I have to say is, with w illiami IL. V anderbilt, 'hie pub lic be hnaged.' You see, Wall street is at ai standstill. I am holding losinig stocks. I am a bull oun a bear market. I ai mhlding wvhieat, too, ini Chicag.o. lhe CJhiicago market. has beeni terrible. My stocks have shrunken to a more niothinug I received rn offer to come here someii time ago. I considlered it a long time, and finally nmadie upl my mindi that rather than to sit in the Astor house doing nothinmg I had better he in a liowery museum. So I camne. ".Jay Goculd, Jim Keene and Russell Samge are coiminmg here to have thmeir minis read and their fortunes told. Jay is very superstitious, lie sees his claivoyanut on the sly. I have been the leaking of ,Jameus Keene ini tihe niarket. I saw hiow shrewdl an operator lhe wats before antybody e~lse perceived it. "'There, the fat girl is coming in to have her indt read. She is eating her (dinner, anmd she has buen ini such a hur ry to see inet that she is nearly choked. She wvant s mue to toll her fortiune, for sihe wanits to finud out her lover. She is to be married seome tinmo this week.I sulptose they will wanit mue to be brides miaid. The living skeleton will be best mian. Standinig up) with him would be ujuite a funny experience. There have beeni crowds here to see mue. You must tell shimis to beware of mue. I horse whipped ashmn ini Milwaukee. "'1 lost a fortune i Wall street. 1 was there eight years, and ami the only womian they ur-ver boniced. They couldn't bountce mne. I was too much fo~r them. Thie mniagers of the muis cum are rather p~roud to get W~all St. ito the Ilowery. Ah, weoll! I expect they'll have Jay Gould here before long. Never mind, perhaps R~musel Sage will have to comle downm to it after awhile. Really, how would this sound: 'New York Museum. For tine week only, J im Keenie, .Jay Gould amid Rus soil Sage. Next week the oranig ou tang.' "My mother was a Sp'anish gypsy. Y ou see am a fortune-teller by birth right. It was easy for mte to be taiken for a witch. I have predlictedl the mar het for the last fIve years. I predicteid the death of Presidenit Garfield. Wheni .Foxhmall wmis hi the height of hia reputa tionm I predicted that lie lad seen his best dmiys. Six months hater lie was untit for the turf. Trwo years ago I predlctedl that Jay Gould would try to sell out Western Unmiomn to the Governi muent at $100,000,000. No one dreamed Afoat on a 1Pike-Pole. The men of the foundered steam barge Oakland in Lake Erie were picked up recently by the Rod Cloud. After cruising for that purpose for some time the men on the tug discovered far away off Conneaut something white floating on the water. Then came floating over the water a cry for hel), and a flag was seen to be waved from the white object as a signal of distress. Immedi ately the tug's course was changed toward the floating object, and all eyes were strained to catch any intlication of life, Nearer and nearer the tug ap proached, until a raft of lumber, cU taining four human beings, could be plainly discerned tossing and careening about on the waves. To the persons on the' raft nevrr did a take craft move slower than did the Red Cloud, and woen it finally approached within hail ing distance they sent up a shout of gladness which was answered back by the rescuers on the tue. On the raft w'ero Capt. Stephiens. -Robert Hanna, Charles Dixon. and another sailor whoso name could not be learned. They were in a most pitiable plight and almost completely exhaubts 1. They had been tossed about at the mercy of the wind and waves, dronohed to the skin and almoit frozen in the bitter wind which had, been blowing almost steadily. Not a thing had they had to eat or driuk, and it rtquircd their every exertion to keep from being washed from their frail craft by the mad rush of the waves. All the men, with the exception of Capt. Stephens, had on their clothes, but the Rat er was almost entirely naked, a shirt being the only piece of apparel to pro teot him from the cold and water, Al most dead from cold and exposure, the captain and his comra-!es were lifted on board the tug and provided with warn clothing and food. The tug then head ed for Ashtabula, arriving there shortly after ward. E. Davis, a little bright-eyed old man, who served on the ill-tated Oakland as steward and oook, and who was among the eight escaping from the vessel, was found sitting on the edge of a coal barge on the docks recently and he told the following story: "About a quader to 5 o'clock in the morning we noti'i3d that the Qkland was listing to port thit is, was keelel over on the pert side. Tue mate, Audrews, was on watch, ani he sent the watohman down to the engineer to inquire if there was any water in the hold. The engineer replied that there was not. The vessel kept listing strongly, and the mate conoluded to call the captain, but the latter could not be found. Tne watchman hunted high and low, but no trace of the master could bo found. Then it was we thought he had been lost over-board. At that time, a iittle after 5 o'clock, the lee bulwarku were clear under water and the sea was running high. Just then the captain came up stairi from the engineer's ioom, where he had been asleep, he having gone there because the state-room leaked badly. He had nothing on but his shirt. Tne waves in creased in fury all the time, and the vessel tossed terribly. The wind was blowing hard from the north. Just after the capain came on deck, two monstrous seus washed aboard, striking the cabin lengthwise and breaking it in as though it was but 'in egg-shell. Everything in the ateward's and cook's uiepartments, bags and baggage, was washed overboard, and all the fires were put out, including the one in the engine. Then it was that we thought of leaving the craft to her l ate. The small boat was lowered, and eight oh' us, including the mate, aprang in. the captain ref usedi to go with us, say ing the boat wvas overeloaded and would founder before we could reach shore, rere of the ti-alora concluded to stay with the captain an~d risk iton the Oak land, We bade them good- bye and pushed off, For five long. weary hours we were tossed about by the wind and wavea, almost every sea taa$ rushed by striking us and, aside from drenching us to the skin, tilled our little cockle shell boat with ,i ater. WVe kept bailing constantly, and all were rapidly be coming exhaustetn, We had a pike pole on board, aund this was fixed up in the bow and attached a quilt to it for a sail. T1his drove us before the ind, and between 10 and 11 o'eloor we landed off' (onuosut light, turned our boat up onl its side on the beach and laid down to recover from our exhaustion. We never saw the Oakland but once af ter we left it, and that, was after we had got about two miles away, Then adl we ciou,(d 50 was the colors at the mast head floating about two feet above the waiter, We concluded then that the captain andi tie three sailurs had bon P'ontenlan Matrb,o. Although Ponitehan marble anid all monuments made of it, have at, frst, a beazutilully wvalte and brilliant appear ance, yet after a while, sometimes with in a towv months, some'times not for years, they exhibit reddish brown spots and staima, and marble columns of Pon tolian marble grad ually becorne covered with a reddish brown film of oxido of iron, The color comnes srom suiphido of iron (py rites) that frequently occurs in ldno streakks in this marble anid is ox - idized in the course of time by the action of air andi wvater and can then be recognized, very disagreeably, by their dark color. Tho spores of cryp)togaml ous plants, such as fresh and salt water abi, germinate in these red streaks, I'he new aademy at Athens was built or such Penatelian marble, and while hundreds of the blocks used still remain perfectly white and will probably re mam so a long time, others already show yellow, brown, and even black spots. On the other hand, Pariana marble, from which the old sculptors Praixzteles ind Phidias chiseled their statues, has the property of remaining always white, because it contains no iron. Bloth kinds of marble have this excellent quality, namely, that they do not weather, lose their lustre, and look like the shells of boiled eggs, na is the case with (Jarrara marble, The name of marble, from its Greek derivation, signifies a stone that glistens on the oroken or fractured surfaces, To im part to new marble the appearance of old, which is necesshry in aepairing injured antiquities, it may be painted over with a very dl ute solution of cholorido of Iron, whereupon the new pieces acquire a fine yellowish-red color, similar to that produced by the influ ence of air and water for' centuries upon the old marble, A wvomnan should never a1cep)t a lover without the conasent of her heari, noer a hausbanid without the consent of her j udgmnent. Th'le greatest happiness in this life Ia to be thoroughly resigned to prIovidenice, a r'esignation which constitutes the true Dreams. What Is a dream? Is it a temporary frolic of the brain, which, released from the guidance of reason, relaxes from rules and laws and indulges in a little inco herent aiusement of its own, as the chairs and tables are said to da when the family have gone to bed and the house is still? Does it originate and in vent its fantastic images, or are they merely the shadows and echoes of past events? Is it a psychological influence or a spiritual one, or a blending of both? There certainly have been dreams that foretold events which came true, and how then did the sleeper get his premonitory knowledge? Bttlos of hot water placed to the feet will produce certain impres sions and dreams of a vague and unsatis factory nature. Ice applied to the temples will give happy dreams, in shich rare colors appear before the dreiamer a eyes. But these are effects caused by the bodily sensations, and are communicated to the brain by nerves and not by occult lutelligence. A French writer is quoted as saying that to dreai gloriously we must act glo riously while we are awake, and to bring down angels to converse with us in our sleep we must lab.r In the catise of virtue during the (lay. Thele can be no possible doubt that the same idea or train of ideas which pursues us through the day tollows us into the land of dreanis, and runs up and down the ladder of sleep with a persistency which often is annoy Ing and wearisome. 8onetimes the idea that eluded us in the (lay comes to us at night. hlusiciafns have found a lost chord in their dreams; mathematicians have decided abstruse calculations by the correct figures which their waking minds could not grasp, but which caime to them clearly when they were sound asleep, and were with them when they awoke. Franklin had several ox his projects decided for him by dreams. Sir J. Hei schel composed poetry in his sleep, which he committed to paper on awaken lng. Uocthe says In his memnoirs: "The objects which had occupied my attention during the (lay often reappeared at night In connected dreams. In the norning I was accustomed to record my dreams on paper." Coleridge comuposed his poem of the "Abyssinian Maid" in a dream, and it was said of Lord Jeffrey that, although he went to bed at night witli events, plans and dates all In a whirl in his head, (luring sleep "they crystallized around their proper centres." It is c-nsidered aniong people of edu cation atdi refinement a vulgar habit to relate dreams or attach any impartance to them; yet we are told of Lord Bacon that. Ie himself records a dream in which he saw his father's hou e in the country plastered all over with black mortar, and he had no doubt on awaking that h, should hear bad tidings. It actually proved true, as his jiher died on the very night on which lie dreamed When Postmaster Jewell was dying he awoke front a sleep and inquired it any. thing was wrong in the family of-, mentioning his brother-in law's name. l'hey tolU hin there was not, when he remarked, "Very strangt!" and added that he had dreamlled thero was. 1iis Drother-in-law ha-i j'iSL died, bill, the tainily (leeled it best to keep the iews frot him, ream-lug fatal restilts. In the old Bible days youing men saw visions and old men dreamued dreamns, them, as the his'ory of Josephl shows. themr lives by dreams, a-s lhe Chiinese do to-day. Ignorant people fortify thiemselve.s with what Is called a dream-hook. By reading it for an interpretation we ind that to dreant of sn'akes deno'.es an enemiv; to dr'amt of moiiey denotes good Iues; to dream of a looKing-giltss, treason; to drdihn of receiving~ letters is a good omen; to dream of plearis, poverty and m isery; to dreatu of peanuts, you will he poor, con tented, hearty, and happy; to dr'eani of a wedding is a sign of a funeral, and to dream of a funeral you will go to a wed ding. Li is believed that certain days and conditions will regulate the quality of the dream. Fortune, miarr-iage, and1 udeath are the events which the dlreameiir is alwanys en deavoring to fnterpret. VTe first two belong naturally to those who are begin ning life. UGambleis think a great deal of their dreams in regarii to cards, but ats it is hard to control those erratic nmcs sengers, a class of people called tortuce tellers do the dreaming for a consideration, and predict luck. TIhe queecn of hearts is coitsidered favor able Lu marriage ai richee. TIo dreami of this card is great g >od luck. Thie Jack of spadles is an ill omen. Thbere nre condi Lions attached to the obje 3ts <dreamed of. If a young man dIreamls of marry ing a p~retty girl lie will be sure to marry a aim - pleton; and if a girl dIreamis she ha~s a nice looking l'over-, it is a suzre sign sheo will take up witn a putty head. TIhere is tent peculiarity of dreamu.: they all stop just short, of fulflmuent.. 1I we tream or a bniquet we awake just as we raise the Viands to otir lips. We dream Af thirst but not of quenening it. We Jreamt of flyIng, and just as we launch out imd are about, to enji'.)y the delightful sen sation of floating in space we awake with h umped head from having conme In con aet with thu floor. AnA Kngiisha fictigorow. Let us pause for a moment and look at >nc of these August hedigeroWs, which in heir conf(used ninglinzg of straggling items andl shoots and sprays have a beatuty >roper to this seasont alonte. Bohmdzit a iltch filled and bordered with flowcre, )racukein, grass, and brambles, rises a dlease Crowth of hazel andi young oak, with long lawthor'in sprays descrtbin,( a alenduer murve against the sky, and hero anid there he fresh green of some vigorous rose-shoot 'howing amidl the (larker foliage. Th'le vitld roses, loveliest of chimbing hedge lowers, arc over niow; but the honey mcekle twines its redi tinged stemis andi oney-cohorcd Ilowvers among the nut trees, tud et'ery where the bramblie is sprearling -the bramble, which with its red, thorn ituidded shoots, set with bright green ive-leaved sprays, its pale, downy hitus mad delicate crumbled pink-and-white >lossoins, holds its own amongr the more >cauitfuil of our wa) sidle plants. W hero ome hidden spring feeds the earth with oeisture, the feathery spikes of time neadocw-sweet scenti the air. More cou ~picuous still, the great hemlock heads r-ear their tough, s'rong stalked growth ini avery ditch among the drooping grasses. But it ia the time for red flowers, as Spring .s imure especially the time for yellow. D)andelmons iare. iindeed, of all se'asons, and lhe shining gold of the t-3. John's wort ibounds. But thistles of every shade, from deep crimison to p~ate lilac-pink, are in blhoomt; the fozgiove is not yet over; iallows open large rode-colored flowers on dhe grassy banks; red1 sorrel and the starry pitnk centaurea arc conspicuous amn(ng the hernsasnd bracken, while the vivid red of thke young oak shoots glows against then munlighit and the sity. It is the latest loomn of idummer', and seems to havej gathuered to itself some o1 thec war'nth aiid yolor of the most ardent moments of the 'The Plague at Sea. in the gray light of a July morning we made a sail dead ahead, close upon the outskirts of retreating night. In twenty minutes we heard the report of firearms from her deck and saw that her flag was at halt-mast in token of distress. A murmur of excited sympathy ran through the areat throng upon the deck of the steamer. There was another, of disap pointment, when the purser told us It was a 6panish brig. It was as it we had wasted our compasion-an Impulse natu ral to the Sfaxon breast, born of the fierce bood of those who peered through the stormy passes of the Alps into the Elysian filels of .latin foep. The steady throbbing of the screws slackened and ceased sa we closed upon the quarter of the helpless brig. In a light western air, she lay with topsails backed and her jibe and spanker idly swaying to and fro. Four men were on her deck, and as we approached, lowered a boat astern, hauled it slowly alongside, and entering it left the ship. Se was apparently deserted. They rowed pain fully toward our steamer, and we gath. ered on the port side where the rope ladder had been hung, to catch the first glimse of their faces. This we could not do; the four wore wide sombreros and bent to their oars feebly but persistently, never looking up. Our captain hailed them impatiently-they only waved their hands between dippings of the oars. They were now alongside, and the how oarsman clutched the ladder and began to clunit to the deck. Two others followed im, all. three hanging like spiders on the narrow way, restinr at every round. The most intense excitement was visible in every face that watched them from the steamer s deck. Our captain hailed them from the bridge, and as before, each man waved a h'ind in a mechanical way. Then the captain came to the ladder awaiting their coming. The fourth man sat still in the boat, but those who. noticed saw him bending forward as lie sat until the broad brim of his hat touched the gun wale, and the black locks of his hair showed from behind. ie seemed help less or asleep, but attracted little attention as the others climbed closer. to the deck. At last the uppermost had his hand upon the steamer's rail; a few more steps and he would be on deck. A huudred hands weie ready to aid him in ivhat seemed a task beyond his power. But the captain thrust them all away, and reaching foiward lifted his hat from his head. A general exclamation of horror broke from our eager group. There, not two feet from the rail, looked up the visage of Death-a yellow, shrivelled face, and eyes that burned with the weak and cruel tire of wasting lite. Long and matted hair and mustache sweeping down made the picture beyond faul. it was the looit of the baser man, after the divine and human elements of is nature die away in hunger, thirst or bodily 'Jietress, leaving in his useless frame the reptile oniy, from whose depths the strict Darwinians claim ascent. An Impulse of tetrible diead seiwed all who looked into the sallow face, askaut in all the fear of sudden death. The captain motioned back the man. lie trembled like a leaf and spoke for 1he tirst tie: 'Piedad Cielon!" "Quo q alere V.?", And the answer camie in concert a! most fromb the three: ''We are (lying, senor." '"Of whia'' ''We (10 not know." But the captain know, and we shrank as5 If from the flamies at the words: "They are dying of yellow fever.'' It we had doubted this, the next moment woul have proved his judg. ment right. 'The man remaining in the boat rose suddenly fromt his seat with a quick, sharp cry, "Santo Diosl" and fell uponi his back (lead. Th'le captain ordered the others back, promising atid on board their brig. They swore they never would return, and( btegan ciiing wIth the haste of decsperation'. Never will I forget the struggle that ensuedt. Tihe leading span iard, clhnging with both hand4 to the rail, a held back by the broad hands of the cap- I lain, seemed the active pceoniflcation of the liaguie, doing battle with the lIves ot all on board. He was like one mad; he r-ursed and snapp id his teeth, tilling the air with bitter oaths, drawing his feet undher hn to the highest wound lie could l reach, andI throwmng all lis strength into a tinaal effort. He made it, and was t brust down again by the same strong hands. But his feet had been drawn as close to his body so that they slipped from beneath hiim-and for a single instant he hung above the others. TIhen lie fell, striking the next man and the thIrd, and carrying them with him into the sea. Thtey sunk I like plummets, in a moment more there were but three broad hats floating upon the place of their descent. The captain consulted with his first >ftlcer, a well thrown pig of iron crashedJ through the bflttom of' the boat, anid the bell rang out, "full speed ahead." When the son came up the Spanish brig stood for an instant against its disk mit disappeared in the dazzting radi. mee of its later rays. Fioritta ttuaiitiai1Iterial. A collection of the woods of Florla has been forwarded to Louiasville, in eluding 180 d ifetrent kinds, about one. Iifth of all in the United States. T1'ae greater part of them are distinctly Slouthiern woods, buit a few are noticea ble as being found generally much fur. ~ter north. Anmng themi are sugar ntaple, crab .appile, slippery olin, syca [no, mahogany, biox wood, lignumn vitte, ;'t in wood and others. TVhe specimens ire shown in small segmental blocks, mne-half of each polished, exposing the .tressed surface, the rough wood and the e >ark, and will make a very interesting Lasplay. In thie concrete or "Tabby" .iousea built in Florida, coarse oyster ilhells and lame made of the same kind )f shell is used insteall of, or sometimes bi n conijinctioni with, cement. T1ne shell- a ime is excellenit, for the purpose, and, with no other material except for floors 9 and partitions, such a house can be builtr srithout :!e aid of skilled labor, which Is rery durable, and, compared with brick )uilding, is very cheap. This building natorial must not be confounded with the -coquina" of which the antiquated 8t. uaugustine was built. Tihis substance, e vhiceh is peculiar to that neighborhood and aeems to have been furnished by Provi lence to meet the wants of the Spaniards, w'ho came before the day of saw mill., mnd were, perhaps, too indolent to hew .imibers from the pines at their elbow, Is aot, as may be supposed, the result of nan's ingenuity, but a conglutlnate niais a >f sall pieces of shell, fotind in the salt it agoonas, and always under the surface of ho water. It is taken cut soft and p lastle mid may be cut into blocks for building or nirvedi into, uinique shatpes of pitchers, inas, papewr-weighmts ad bric a-brae, whach weigiit the truinks of all tourists .vhio take in this elfty of* romjanitic reineim )aniiae. It. son laurklns after exp!)sulre to) lie ail, and is tolerably impervious to the v t and so doiable that relic seekers have nude -' ore iroa~ds on o'd F1ort Marion h ii Faier 'lime hai.ielf THE VERDICT -OF THE PEOPLE. BUY THE BEST! Mit. J. 0. BoAu -Dear Sir: I bougt the first Davis Machine sold by you over five years ago for my wife who haa given it a long and fair tilal. I Asi well pleased with it. It never gives any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. J. W. ISoLlox. Winnsboro, S. C., ApriM 1888. Mr. BoAc: I ou wish to know what I have to say In regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three ears ago. I feel i can't say too much in Its favor. imade about $80,00 within live months, at times running it so fast that the needle would et per feet hot from friction. I feel confident could aot lave done the same work with as much ease and so well with any other machine. No-time lost in adjusting attachments. The lightest running inaine In have ever treadled. Brother James and Williams' families are as nuch pleased with their Davis Machines bought or you. I want no better miachine. As I saId before, I don't think too muuch can be said for the Davis Machine. Itespectfully, EI.KN STEVENSON, Falrdi'ld County, April, 183. Ms. BoAo: My macnine gives me perfect satis action. I find no fault with it. The attachlments a so sin P1e. I wish for no better than the Davis Vertical Fed. Respectfully. MRs. It. MIL0.NG. Fairfield county, April, 1893. Ma. BoAU: I nougat a i0avis Vertical Feed ewing Machine from you four years ago. I am elighted with it. It never has given me any rouble, and has never been the least out of order. It Is as good as when I lrat bought it. I can iheerfully recommend It. Resbectfully, MI. M. J. KIRELAND. Monticello, April 80, 1883. This is to certify that I have beeln using a DaVIy fertical Feed Sewing Machine for over t wa years, purchased of Mr. J. 0. lioag. I haven't found I'a possessed of any fault-all the attachments are so ilmnple. It never refuse.4 to work, and is certainly ho ightest running in the market. [consider it t frst class machine. Very respectfully MINNIZ .1. WILI.INUMAM. Oakland, Fairfield county. S. C. MR oAo: i am weni piesae in every particui with the Davis Machine nought of you. I think a irsat-olass macuine in every respect. You know you sold several machines of the same make to diferent luenbers of our families, all of wnom, ta far as I know, are well pleased with them. Respectfully, MRs. M. U. Mosi.sy. Fairdeld county, April, 1883. This isato certify we nave na.1 an constant uss he Davis Macluae bought of you about sthree yeara igo. As we take in work, and have made the rice of it several lienes over, we don't want aity etter machine. It is always ready to do any kin >f work we nave to do. No puckeringor skipping ititches. We can only say we are weli pleaseJ inc wishi no better tachine, h mCATa~st- E WYK-IB AND SiSTRa, I have no fault to lind with muy machine, and lon't want any batter. I have aide too price of I severa times by taking In sewing. It is always endy to do its work. I think it a firsit-(llass ma hine. I feel I can't say tce mun for thie Davis Mias. Truoa as SMI'ru. Fairfid counaty, April, 1833. Ma. J. 0. HIoAO-Dear Sar: it ayes me mulch leisure to testliy to thle merits o thie Davis Ver lcel FLeed Sewang Macblane. The malalne I got of on abomut live years ago. has been almost in con. tant use ever since that tamne. I cannot see that t is worn any, and has not cost mie one cent for epairs since we trave hail at. Am well pleased ad don't wishl for any better. Yours truly, liosT. C Aswrosi, Granite Quarry. near Winnaboro S. C. We have used the Davis Vertical Food Sewing (achine for the is five years. We would not ave any other make at any price. The mnaoiane las given us unboundeoi satisfaction. Very respecafully, Mas. W. K. TiURtNER AND D)AUOirrasii Pairfild county, S. C., Jan. 21. 1838. llavaang bought a Davis Yertical Feed Sewing tachine from Mr. J. 0. Bong somne thtree years go, and it hiavlug given me perfect satisfaction In ver respect as a lamily mnachiine, both for hea .y Tdight sewing, andi never neededth esr air in any way, I cain cneerfully recommaend it to ny one as a tirst-ciass imachine, in every particu ir, and think it secondl to none. Itla one ci the liapiest machimes made; my chil iren use it witri ii ease. TIhae attachmnents are miore easily ad uisted anud It doces a greater range of work by teans of its Veortical teed than any other ma line I have ever seen or used. MiRi. TnoM As Owisog. W~innsb.>ro, ieairllelid copnty, H, C. We have had one0 of the iDavl- Macnlnes about ouri years anui have always found at ready to do all nis or wonK we have nail occuasion toalio. Can't ee that thet maachiine is worn any, and works as Veil as w non ne w. MK.4. W. J. CiaAwr'oiup Jackson's Creek. iairfieid county, S.'U. My wife is highly pleased with the D~avls Ma hlne bought of you. She would not lake double rnst sue gave ior it. TIhie nacninie lies not ean ouat of order siuce she had it, aind sihe can do ny kind of work on it. Very Uespectrulv., Moniticello, iFairiield county, 8. C. P TVhe Davis Hewing Machine is simplr s Ireas. in' Mite. J. A. Oooanwyvi, tidgeway, N. C., Jan. 10, lsa. J, O Hoao, Eaq., Agent-D ear Jir: My wife as neon using a Davis Sowig Machino constant. for the past four years, aui it has never needed ay repairs an.i works just as well as when first, laughit. She save it will do a greater range of ractical work "'nd tdo it easier anal better than my machine she nas ever used. We cheerfully Icommnend it as a No. 1 family machine, Your tru.y, Winnaboro, 8. C., Jan. 3, 1st J3. Q.D1vs Ma. BJOAG: I have alw as found lay D~avis Mla ilue reatdy do all Xinds ofto work I have had 00 salon lo de. I cannot see that the mnachine i orn a particle and it works as weid as when new. Respectfully, Mas. ii. C. G00D:NG. Winuisboro, M. C., A pril, 1553, Ma. BJoAt: My wife hans been constantly using 10 Davis Mach~iine bought of Jou atbout five years to. I have hover regretted buyng it, as itila ways ready for any aind or faily sewing, eithor iav or lIght. It is never cut of fix or neecing Very resyectuniy, Fairihli, ti. C., March, 1888. A. \t . LAmP.